Installing Nest Boxes in November? You Bet.
By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Sassafras in fall color. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson If you are a homeowner, you know there are many...
Category: Conservation
Woodland Secrets at Lower Broad River WMA
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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On a woodland knoll at Lower Broad River Wildlife Management Area, something rare has been spreading underground -- dwarf sumac! Learn how Georgia DNR is restoring this endangered plant and...
Halloween Superstitions and Backyard Wildlife
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Garden Spider in Web. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson Nowadays most folks enjoy having a cornucopia of wildlife living...
Chickasawhatchee – A Beautifully Wild Place
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By James Malphrus, writer of JCM Adventure Journals. Featured image: Alligators’ fork. Photo credit: James Malphrus. This post features three excerpts from adventures on Chickasawhatchee WMA. It was a Wednesday and...
Stage Your Own Fall Foliage Show
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Sassafras in fall color. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson For those of us who do not live in north...
“Frostys” Are on Thin Ice
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Flatwoods salamanders come in two varieties: frosted and reticulated. Both can be found in longleaf pine ecosystems in Georgia, and both are facing a grim future. Flatwoods salamanders rely on...
Plover Siblings Stir Attention, Hope on Georgia Coast
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Two of the bird world’s youngest rock stars are turning heads, and binoculars, on Georgia’s coast. The young piping plovers spotted last week – one on Cumberland Island, the other...
Enjoy a Virtual Show of Youth Birding T-shirt Art
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Though we didn’t flock to the Youth Birding Competition this year due to the pandemic, hopefully this virtual tour of birds from the competition’s T-shirt Art Contest will help brighten...
Targeting Tegus in Southeast Georgia
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Danny Haro spends most days each week hunting for a needle in a haystack – a “needle” that can top 4 feet long, sprint nearly 20 mph and gobble up...
Prescribed Fire Up Close
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Prescribed fire is a topic that can range from modelling smoke plumes to gauging how much controlled burns reduce the risk of wildfires. But what can be lost in the...